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Welcome to the:
Department of
Family Ministries
Anita
Pembleton, Director
We
are dedicated to plan and implement a
seamless system to enhance the quality of life for the constituents of the Gulf
States Conference (GSC). Develop programs to enrich relationships, enhance
positive self-images and unfold the spiritual strengths of the family.
Family Ministries S.O.S. Newsletter
2007 Couple's Retreat Photos
For more information regarding Family Ministries, visit
the following links.
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NAD Family Ministries
The mission of NAD Family Ministries is to
develop resources, coordinate and promote training events, and provide
networking opportunities for those who work on behalf of families within
their division.
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Adventist Plusline
PlusLine is committed to providing live ministry
support to active Seventh-day Adventist church members, pastors and church
leaders throughout the North American Division. As the official helpdesk for
general church and ministry information, PlusLine’s duties include the
collection and transmission of information related to functions that are
nurture and outreach related.
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The Dougy Center - The
National Center for Grieving Children and Families
The mission of The Dougy Center is to provide to families loving support in
a safe place where children, teens, and their families who are grieving a
death can share their experience as they move through their healing process.
Through our National Center for Grieving Children and Families, we also
provide support and training locally, nationally and internationally to
individuals and organizations seeking to assist children and teens in grief.
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Family.com
An online magazine with great resources, activities, crafts, cooking
tips, recipes, etc.
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KidsPeace: The National Center for Kids Overcoming
Crisis
KidsPeace gives kids and their families peace through the nation's most
comprehensive range of mental and behavioral health treatment programs,
crisis intervention services and public education initiatives. KidsPeace, a
private, not-for-profit organization, helps families help kids anticipate
and avoid crisis whenever possible.
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The National Marriage Project
The mission of the National Marriage Project is to strengthen the
institution of marriage by providing research and analysis that informs
public policy, educates the American public, and focuses attention on a
problem of enormous scope and consequence.
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The
Religion, Culture, and Family Project
The Religion, Culture, and Family Project seeks to address the contemporary
situation of American families from a range of theological, historical,
legal, biblical, and cultural perspectives.
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Parentsoup.com
Parentsoup.com is a site with parenting news, articles, resources, parenting
bulletin board, parent poll . . .
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goshen.net
A good source for Christian family/individual resources available on the
Internet. Links to other websites are categorized by themes.
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Institute for
Prevention of Addictions
The Institute for Prevention of Addictions, established in1984 as the
Institute of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, is housed at Andrews
University. The purpose of the Institute is to combat various forms of
addiction.
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Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family has become an international organization with more than
74 different ministries. They produce broadcasts, magazines sent to more
than 2.3 million people a month, award-winning books, films and videos.
Focus also offers professional counseling and referrals to a network of
therapists, and addresses public policy and cultural issues.
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Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program
PREP is one of the most comprehensive and well respected programs for
couples in the world. It is a research-based, skills building curriculum
designed to help partners get to the heart of problems and connect with each
other instead of pushing each other away. PREP emphasizes strategies geared
toward lowering risk factors and strategies for raising protective factors
to help marriages succeed. It is designed for premarital or marital couples.
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The National Marriage Encounter
The mission of National Marriage Encounter is to promote and encourage
marriage and family life by offering Marriage Encounter weekends and a
support community. National Marriage Encounter enables people to discover
God's vision of marriage and family life and spiritual diversity.
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